Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will want to know how much time each teacher spends in front of the class and the size of classes in the different subjects and year groups . |
| 2 | But while County are tipped to go up this time , Francis could be stepping on to a bigger stage before next spring . |
| 3 | Teresa Moylan ( Mrs Clements ) has given up full time work because of her children . |
| 4 | I 'd put them all in an old suitcase and erm , cos I could n't just put them in there I had to have a look , they 're sentimental and that book was in there so I can definitely get you that , but I would n't go up in the loft I 'm afraid , I 'm so scared of creepy crawlies so er , you know , if you , if you want to come back some time when my husband 's here I mean he can tell you more about the wallpaper and decorating , and I 'll get him to get that out . |
| 5 | For one reason or another , either it is too long before the courts are available to try the cases , or the lawyers appear to require too much time to prepare the defence . |
| 6 | Henry Bordes-Pages , spokesman on research for the white-collar union CGG says : ‘ The government has spent too much time on debates . |
| 7 | Mr Clinton has spent far more time on foreign policy than he or most of his staff anticipated . |
| 8 | Those already familiar with these tasks for normal teaching materials will need to allow considerably more time for liaison when the work includes computer-based materials . |
| 9 | Assuming that the Congress , which has wasted so much time so far , does not get round to final approval of any of the versions of the constitution , Mr Yeltsin could either wait until its next scheduled meeting in the autumn , seeking a compromise with parliament . |
| 10 | With our new store opening programme running to around 20 locations a year , it has taken relatively little time for the idea of the supermarket bakery not just to gain credence , but to become remarkably successful . |
| 11 | Judging the competition has taken quite some time and was no easy matter . |
| 12 | It has to take up private time — and at home . |
| 13 | Betty uses the scheme once a week , although she is unhappy about the fact that she has to spend so much time getting the equipment ready . |
| 14 | Do you honestly think your company 's so scintillating that I want to spend still more time in it ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Chief executives of international companies want to spend more personal time on stakeholder issues , ’ he says . |
| 16 | He thinks oh I 'm allowed I got chucked out last time . |
| 17 | It was only eight o'clock ; obviously I 'd conked out some time before everybody else , and they were still asleep ( I had heard appropriate log-sawing-like noises coming from Hamish and Tone 's room on my way back from the bathroom ) . |
| 18 | Well , I 'd had so much time on the sick , they put me on half pay . |
| 19 | We 'd thought perhaps this time next year . ’ |
| 20 | he could get social security but here they closed the social security bit down in and he 'd nowhere so he came up here , oh he 'd stayed here many time previous to that . |
| 21 | Yeah I 'm sure you 'd packed up last time I saw you . |
| 22 | I 'd spent so much time on my own , sitting watching birds , or reading about them or drawing them , that I did n't make many friends , and those I had took second place to the birds . |
| 23 | The Prime Minister 's speech was pitiful , not just because policies had collapsed but because he 'd spent so little time preparing it , so busy was he trying to help his chum . |
| 24 | If there are a number of nominations for the position of trustee , then a vote is taken in accordance with the rules as set in section 3 above but if there are three or more nominees , the chairman must continue taking votes until one nominee has a clear majority with the nominee obtaining the least support dropping out each time ( r 6.88(2) ) . |
| 25 | Mr M was very impressed by the Children 's Panel system that , he said , seemed to take so much time and trouble to listen to , and about , the children . |
| 26 | For several years , in the late 1960s and the early 1970s , sociologists seemed to spend as much time and effort arguing about how they should be thinking about and studying the social world as they did in actually doing research . |
| 27 | We have got to do better this time . ’ |
| 28 | I have brought them up to support the Conservatives , but they are saying they are not going to vote again next time . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I mean , you seem to spend singularly little time on your — um — aquatic investigation . ’ |
| 30 | the questions like ev everything that you 've got to say how much time is spent on it and then how much does that cost you . |